Intercomparison of direct and indirect measurements: Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) versus sonde ozone profiles

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Migliorini, Stefano ^a   Piccolo, Chiara ^b   Rodgers, Clive D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Error; Intercomparison; Satellite; Sonde; Validation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; OZONE; OZONESONDE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 10644254804     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004988     Document Type: Article

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